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Dropping my One Premium Fee .XYZ

Elliot Silver
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I currently own fewer than 30 .XYZ domain names. I acquired most of them via Afternic, Dan, or in auctions on Namecheap. With the exception of Embrace.xyz, I am pretty sure I paid less than $500/each for the domain names I bought.

One important aspect to my acquisition strategy was to acquire domain names that did not have a premium renewal fee. Not only do I not want to pay hundreds of dollars a year (or more) to renew a domain name, I did not want to have to explain the premium renewal fee to prospective buyers. I’ve always felt this was a deterrent.

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HugeDomains Expiry Stream on DropCatch

Elliot Silver
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I was looking through the names available to bid on at DropCatch.com when something caught my attention. In addition to seeing the “Dropped” and “Private Seller” types of auctions, there are now “Pre-Release” auctions as well.

A quick investigation showed me the source of these domain names. It would appear that HugeDomains is letting some of its inventory expire, and those expiry domain names are coming up for auction on DropCatch. Both HugeDomains and DropCatch have the same parent company – TurnCommerce.

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Identity Digital Hiring Director of Biz Dev

Elliot Silver
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Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) is looking to hire a Business Development Director, according to a job listing posted on LinkedIn. While domain industry knowledge is not listed as a requirement, someone with industry experience would likely make a good candidate for this position. I believe Identity Digital operates the largest portfolio of domain name extensions.

Here’s the job summary for this position:

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Afternic Adds Traffic and Lead Stats

Elliot Silver
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Afternic has added two columns to its dashboard that will be of interest to domain investors who use the platform to sell domain names. Users can now see the number of visits to the domain name in the trailing 30 days and the number of leads the domain name generated in that time period.

To access (or remove) this new data provided by Afternic, users can select and add columns for Views and Leads on their dashboard. A generic screenshot of this shared by GoDaddy is posted above.

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Why is Dolce & Gabbana Advertising DG.com?

Elliot Silver
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Dolce & Gabbana is a luxury brand. The Italian company is known for its high fashion clothing and home fashions. The company operates on DolceGabbana.com, and it also owns and forwards its brand matching DolceAndGabbana.com domain name.

On Facebook this morning, I noticed something that stood out to me. An advertisement for Dolce & Gabbana Casa showed DG.com as its url. The exceptional 2 letter .com domain domain name caught my attention.

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Lucky Break

Elliot Silver
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A few years ago, I made an offer to buy a one word .com domain name. My offer was reasonable, but it was a bit lower than I felt the wholesale value was in order to be able to negotiate a bit with the seller. The domain registrant counter-offered a bit higher than what I offered.

Ordinarily, when I receive a counter-offer that is very close to my offer, I will accept it. I don’t want to lose a deal trying to get a marginally better deal. I’ve lost too many domain names trying to save a few dollars.

In this case, though, I thanked the seller for his counter-offer, declined the offer, and I completely walked away.

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